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A Pokemon Party for Alice!
Alice had a hard job deciding on what theme she’d like for her 7th Birthday party. Pokemon featured high on her list, as did the amazing ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ story, from the recently released movie and the wonderful ‘Moana’ movie. In the end we went with Pokemon as there were so […] Continue reading
Down To Earth
The Tiny Human is lucky to have a few grandparents. He has a grandpa, granny, grandma, nana and granddad, but it makes it can make it confusing to follow for some people. Anywho, while I was in hospital we had grandpa & granny stay and help out with the Tiny Human. As always while they were… Continue reading Down To Earth Continue reading
For the love of Vaccinations! Please tone down the crazy!
I’m tired watching the online judgement fired at others through arrows poisoned with words.Every time an opinion is shared, by proxy the parent with the opposite opinion fells attacked and belittled.We can hide behind facebook, blogs and comment sections, we don’t have these people in front of us standing there, feeling the sharp sting of our words.On both sides of the fence there is an endless array of reasons behind a decision, and for some reason we can’t seem to accept the validity of some
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a seed-stitch tie
Tom wears a tie to work most days, and a while back he asked if I would knit him one. After a bit of online research I settled on this pattern and started knitting. The first version I made wasn’t… Continue reading
Top five activities for bath time fun
Sponsored Post Sandwiched between dinner and the bedtime story, it’s easy to feel like bath time is a chore we need to rush. But if we think back to when we were kids, we might remember bath time taking us to a world of fun. Think toy boat races, castles made of foam and some […]
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Embarrassing parents
Millions of people have now viewed a particular BBC live news interview with Professor Robert Kelly but I am certain the vast majority have no idea what he is talking about. I have watched it myself several times and still haven’t a clue – because, as he witters on about Asian geopolitics, his pre-schooler daughter […]
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10 Books to Read to Your Kids About Climate Change, by Crystal Ponti
The Earth’s global climate is changing. Although this has been a naturally occurring process for millions of years, only recently has the change accelerated to the point where significant impacts are felt the world over. People are causing these bulk of these changes, which are bigger and happening faster than any climate changes that modern … Continue reading 10 Books to Read to Your Kids About Climate Change, by Crystal Ponti Continue reading
Tea for Two by Kailee Reese Samuels
Tea for Two
My Review
Revisiting the Marlborough Food & Wine Festival
Nineteen years ago, on 14th February 1998, my then boyfriend proposed to me at the Marlborough Food and Wine Festival in New Zealand. It wasn’t overly romantic to any onlookers – simply a guy on one knee, kneeling on a random piece of earth, asking a girl to marry him. What made it special was that […] Continue reading
What I’m Learning
It has been an awfully long time since I have written … And I’ve missed it. Here, this space, has always been where I’ve shared my creativity, feelings and thoughts. Life is one big learning adventure and sometimes we have to do things ove… Continue reading
Beautiful oops – the value of mistakes
I have a favourite picture book which I love to read to children as it has such a positive and powerful message. Barney Saltzberg’s Beautiful Oops! is itself a work of art. [1] The book shows children that we can get creative results through relaxing about our mistakes and actually using what we think are […]
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Rants in the Dark (Parenting; the dark side and the dawn of change!)
Here’s something I struggle with the most as an online parent-y person: How to share the tougher parts of…
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Lego Tape?!
Lego Tape?! The latest thing to hit us parents is now lego tape. It’s currently in it’s crowdfunding stage through Nimuno Loops project on Indiegogo. Basically it’s a sticky tape that turns any surface into a Lego building site. Here it is in action: While I think it’s an awesome idea, did anyone think about the parents […]
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3 Reasons I Am Cautious To Tell People I’m From Israel
When you’re from the U.S.A., Switzerland, Brazil, Denmark, or Australia, you have no reason to fear telling people your nationality. These are just a few countries where the answer to “Where are you from?” is a non-issue. And why shouldn’t … Continue reading →
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